Crate



J. HocHMAN Feb 39 1924.,

CRATE Filed March 17, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I N V EN TOR. Hawk/mafia ATTORNEY:

Patented Feb. 19, 1924.

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t l i Q JACOB HOCHMAN, OF WILKES-BARBIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, TO ISADOR SEEKER- MAN, OF WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CRATE.

Application filed March 17, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB Hoc'HMAN, a citizen of Russia, residing at lVilkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to crates r frames for holding bottles during transportation, and has for one of its objects to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efiiciency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a. device of this character having interchangeable parts whereby a broken or impaired part may be restored without discarding the remaining parts.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustra tive of the preferred embodiment of the invention,

Figure 1 is a plan view.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figures at and 5 are sectional details illustrating the construct-ion of certain parts.

The improved device comprises a casing or shell formed of sides and 11 and ends 12 and 13 and open at the top and bottom. The frame or shell may be constructed of any suitable size to correspond to the sizes of the bottles or other containers to be held therein The improved device is designed more particularly for holding milk bottles during transportation or storage, and the sides and ends will be so spaced as to provide an area adapted to contain a certain predetermined number of bottles, for instance twelve qua-rt bottles, twenty pint bottles or twenty halt pint bottles as usually provided in crates or holders of this class, but it will be understood that the improved device is not necessarily limited to any specific size either of the device itself or of the bottles to be carried.

For the purpose of illustration the device is shown arranged to hold twelve milk bottles of the usual size.

The end members 12 and 13 are connected Serial No. 625,857.

by a plurality of straps 1d at spaced intervals and secured in place upon the lower edges of the end members as by nails, or the like indicated at 15, the straps serving as supports for the bottles, as hereatterexplained.

Attached respectively to the lower edges of the end members 12 and 13 are cleats or holding members 16 and 17 secured to the end members by nails or the like 18 and 19. The cleats 16 and 17 bear beneath the parts of the straps 14 which engage the end members 12 and 13, and thus support the straps and relieve the holding elements from pulling strains.

The side members 10 and 11 bear against the ends of the end members 12 and 13 and are coupled thereto by corner plates 20, each plate having an upstanding rib 21 to engage the next crate or carrier below in the usual manner.

Disposed within the walls of the shell or casing thus described is acage or support for the individual bottles, and consists of two sets of U-shaped straps, each comprising a lower horizontal portion 22 and vertical portions 23, the horizontal portions extending beneath the straps 14. and the vertical portions bearing against the inner faces of the sides and ends 10, 11, 12 and 13 as shown. One series of the U-shaped straps is located between the sides 10 and 11 and the other series located between the ends 12 and 13, and cross each other at right angles, and spaced at uniform distances,

as shown in Figure 1.

The vertical portions 23 are secured to the side and end members by detachable holding members, for instance by bolts 21 and nuts 25, so that the sides and ends can be detached from the cage.

The vertical portions 23 are connected at spaced intervals by a plurality of rods 26 which cross each other at right angles and coact to form square pockets for the bottles, as indicated in Figure 1.

At their crossing points the upper rods 26 are enclosed by rings 2'? to prevent them from being displaced laterally.

The straps 14 are arranged in pairs, one pair within each pocket, as shown more clearly in F igure 1. and serve as supports for the bottles, as will be obvious.

The improved device is simple in construction, and can be formed of any required size to adapt it to bottles of varying sizes with any required number of the U-shaped members and connecting rods.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that modifications within the scope of the claimed invention may be made in the construction without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a casing open at top and bottom, a plurality of supporting straps connected to two opposite members of said casing at their lower edges and in spaced relation, a cage within said casing formed of a plurality of U-shaped members with the lower horizontal. portions bearing on the spaced straps and the vertical portions attached to the members of the casing, and a plurality of spacer rods connecting the vertical portions of the U- shaped members.

2. A device of the class described con1pris ing a casing open at top and bottom, a plurality of supporting straps in spaced relation, a cage within said casing formed of a plurality of Ushaped members with the lower horizontal portions bearing on the spaced straps and the vertical portions attached to the members of the casing, and a plurality of spacer rods connecting the vertical portions of the U-shaped members.

3. A device of the class described comprising a casing including site and end members, a plurality of'supporting straps extending between certain of said casing memhere, a plurality of lJ-shaped members each including a horizontal portion and vertical portions with the horizontal portions bearing upon the straps and crossing at right angles and the vertical portions bearing againstthe casing members, a plurality of rods connected to thevertica-l portions in spaced relation and crossing at right angles and producing a plurality of receptacle pockets, and means for attaching the vertical portions of the U-shaped members to the casing members.

4. A device of the class described comprising a casing including side and end members, a plurality of supporting straps extending between certain of said casing members, a plurality of U-shaped members each including a horizontal portion and ver tical portions with the hoizonta-l-portions bearing upon the straps and crossing at right angles and the vertical portions bearing against the casing members, a plurality of rods connected to the vertical portions in spaced relation and crossing at right angles and producing a plurality of receptacle pockets, coupling rings engaging the upper rods at their crossing points, and means for attaching the vertical portions of the U- shaped members to the casing members.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature hereto. r

V JACOB Hoomvnnv. 

